JOHN, EDWARD THOMAS (1857 - 1931), industrialist and politician
Date of birth: 1857
Date of death: 1931
Gender: Male
Occupation: industrialist and politician
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Politics, Government and Political Movements
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born 14 March 1857 at Pontypridd. His industrial career was bound up with Middlesbrough, where he was on the staff of the firm of Bolckow Vaughan, ironmasters - a firm founded by John Vaughan (1799? - 1868), a Welshman, which attracted many Welshmen to Middlesbrough at one period (see under Edward Williams, 1826 - 1886.)
Later, John and a man named Torbock bought the Dinsdale Iron-works, and later still these works joined forces with Bolckow Vaughan's works at Linthorpe to form the Linthorpe-Dinsdale smelting company.
After retiring from active management, John took up politics. He was Liberal M.P. for east Denbighshire 1910-18, but was defeated in the 'coupon' election of 1918 by Sir D.S. Davies, and was again unsuccessful as a Labour candidate in Anglesey (1922) - he resided at that time at Plas Llanidan.
Throughout his political life he was a zealous advocate of home rule for Wales, and diligently assembled statistical data to strengthen the economic arguments in its favour. For ten years he was president of the ' Union of Welsh Societies ' (a cultural organization); he was also president of the ' Peace Society,' 1924-7. Though an indifferent public speaker, he was an active writer, contributing many articles to newspapers and to such periodicals as Y Beirniad and The Welsh Outlook.
He died 16 February 1931.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Who was who?
- information from the late Mr E. Morgan Humphreys
- information from the late Mr. Iolo A. Williams
- information from the Canon D. Parry-Jones, Newport
Sources
- NLW Archives: Copy of a letter received by Alderman Edward Hughes, "Glyndwr," Wrexham
- NLW Archives: To the Electors of East Denbighshire
- NLW Archives: Wrexham Advertiser. East Denbighshire Election, December 13th, 1910. Results of the Poll
- NLW Archives: Wales and Self-Government
- NLW Archives: Ymreolaeth Gyfunol. Safle a Hawliau Cymru. Manteision Senedd Gymreig
- NLW Archives: National Self-Government. How Wales stands to gain by it
- NLW Archives: General Election 1918. Vote for E. T. John.
- Wikipedia Article: Edward Thomas John
Further Reading
Published date: 1959
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